ANTH 120 - S/Language and Culture

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0
General Education Area(s): Social Sciences

An introduction to language as a part of culture and culture as a part of language. Topics include language and humanity, lexicon and cultural values, language acquisition and socialization, language and thought, and language as a means of communication and social discourse. Attention is called to the empirical and theoretical inspirations of language study for the study of culture and cross-cultural analysis. Offered every fall.